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Story: !nuin-|kui-ten (who was a sorcerer or magician)
Title
!nuin-|kui-ten (who was a sorcerer or magician)
Collection
Summary
The sorcerer !nuin|kúïten. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-15. 5079-5101, 5104-5109). The sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten becomes a lion and goes about just to look at people, not to hunt them. !nuin-|kui-ten teaches Dia!kwain's father his magic because he feels that he is about to die.
Comments
1) p.5079 opp: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin) who was taught about '!khwa ka tiken-tiken' by !nuin-|kui-ten when a young man; !nuin-|kui-ten was a friend of Dia!kwain's paternal grandfather, 2) p.5083v: the |xam names for 'patient' and 'impatient' men, 3) See also The broken string and What Xaa-ttin used to sing (the broken string), 4) This story is found in Book V-15
Contributors
Date
26 July 1875 (started)
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life, Transformation, Relations with others
Keywords
!nuin-|kui-ten (who was a sorcerer or magician) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his personal history) , !nuin-|kui-ten (wants to be remembered) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his place) , !nuin-|kui-ten (feels the string is broken) , !nuin-|kui-ten (feels he is about to die) , !nuin-|kui-ten (what people say when they see his spoor) , !nuin-|kui-ten (was an angry man) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his character) , !nuin-|kui-ten (taught Xaa-ttin songs and magic) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his actions) , !nuin-|kui-ten (walked about at night) , !nuin-|kui-ten (and Dia!kwain's father Xaa-ttin) , !nuin-|kui-ten (who was a rainmaker) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his magical expeditions) , !nuin-|kui-ten (was killed by a 'Boer' commando) , !nuin-|kui-ten (concealed his lion's body) , !nuin-|kui-ten (killed a 'Boer's' ox when a lion) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his actions in the form of an animal) , !nuin-|kui-ten (became a lion) , !nuin-|kui-ten (his transformation) , sorcerers (!nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , sorcerers (rainmakers) , sorcerers (teach their magic and songs) , sorcerers (the death of) , sorcerers (and !nuin-|kui-ten) , sorcerers (their work and actions) , sorcerers (watch people at night) , sorcerers (travel at night) , sorcerers (the transformation of) , sorcerers (become lions) , sorcerers (become beasts of prey) , sorcerers (their magical expeditions) , sorcerers (protect their people from other sorcerers) , sorcerers (good and bad) , death (of the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , death (to 'stand') , death (and the broken string) , rain (magic or !khwa ka tiken-tiken) , Dutch ('Boers') , Dutch (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , Dutch (the commando that killed !nuin-|kui-ten) , broken string (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , broken string (or thong) , broken string (and !nuin-|kui-ten) , broken string (and the open or empty country) , string (broken) , string (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , Dia!kwain (his personal history) , Dia!kwain (his father Xaa-ttin was taught magic by the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , magic power (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , magic power (of sorcerers) , magic power (the teaching of) , magic power (and songs) , magic power (or !khwa ka tiken-tiken) , personal history (of Dia!kwain's father, Xaa-ttin, who was taught magic by the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , personal history (of !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , teaching (of magic by sorcerers) , teaching (Xaa-ttin who was taught magic by the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , education (of sorcerers) , education (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , education (Xaa-ttin who was taught magic by the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , songs (and magic taught by the sorcerer !nuin-|kui-ten) , songs (sorcerers teach their magic and songs) , commando ('Boer', that killed !nuin-|kui-ten) , commando (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , name (used by the |xam for magic power is !khwa ka tiken-tiken) , magical expeditions (of sorcerers at night) , magical expeditions (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , transformation (of sorcerers into lions) , transformation (of sorcerers into beasts of prey) , transformation (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , transformation (!nuin-|kui-ten concealed his lion's body) , transformation (!nuin-|kui-ten killed a 'Boer's' ox when a lion) , transformation (!nuin-|kui-ten became a lion to watch over his people) , lion (sorcerers become) , lion (!nuin-|kui-ten became one to watch over his people) , lion (and !nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician) , lion (!nuin-|kui-ten killed a 'Boer's' ox when one) , beasts of prey (sorcerers become) , rainmaker (!nuin-|kui-ten who was a sorcerer or magician)
Story Pages
5079-5101
